ALL ANSWERS IN RED MODULE 1 CROSSWORD ANSWERS Across 2. Statistically unusual Abnormal 4. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th

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1 MODULE 1 CROSSWORD ANSWERS 2. Statistically unusual Abnormal 4. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision (acronym)dsmivtr 8. Recurrent binge eating followed by purging Bulimia 10. Used to treat mood disorders Moodstabilizers 11. Therapy that considers in the context of social relationships Interpersonal 15. Multiple personality (acronym)did 16. Lose contact with reality Psychosis 17. Behavior that interferes with a person s ability to function in day-to-day life Dysfunctional 18. Most common phobia Social 1. Sadness with lack of interest in previously pleasurable activities Depression 2. Constant desire to keep losing weight Anorexia 3. If someone talks about it they re really thinking about it Suicide 5. Excessive activity and euphoria Mania 6. Recurrent intrusive thoughts Obsessions 7. Process of deciding whether a person has symptoms that meet an existing classification system Diagnosis 9. Typically occurs after a traumatic event (acronym) PTSD 12. Inability to tell the difference between right and wrong at the time the crime is committed Insanity 13. Sudden unexpected attacks with overwhelming anxiety Panicdisorder 14. Trazodone for example Antidepressant 17. False beliefs about real stimuli Delusions

2 MODULE 2 CROSSWORD ANSWERS 3. Maintains a steady internal environment for the body Hypothalamus 5. Focused on uncovering the fundamental mental components of perception Structuralism 6. Consists of the brain and spinal cord (acronym) CNS 8. Hemisphere primarily responsible for verbal competence and processing information sequentially Left 14. Chemicals that carry messages across the synapse to a dendrite of a receiving neuron Neurotransmitters 15. Prediction stated in a way that allows it to be tested Hypothesis 16. Emphasized how perception is organized e.g., the whole is different from the sum of its parts Gestalt 17. The system that controls a variety of functions relating to emotions and self-preservation Limbic 18. Participants affirming that they have been told the basic outlines of the study Informedconsent 19. Basic elements of the nervous system and as many as 1 trillion Neurons 20. The corpus callosum is surgically cut Splitbrain 1. The area of the brain largely responsible for the body s voluntary movement Cerebral 2. A field that investigates the psychological functioning across various cultures Crosscultural 4. First female president of the American Psychological Association Marycalkins 7. Field that explores the relationship between psychological factors and physical ailments Health 9. This division calms the body after emergency ends Parasympathetic 10. A protective coating of fat and protein that wraps around the axon like links of sausage Myelinsheath 11. A perspective that focuses on how people think, understand, and know about the world Cognitive 12. Doctor of psychology (acronym) PSYD 13. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Psychology

3 MODULE 3 CROSSWORD ANSWERS 4. Theory that suggests there are three kinds of cones in the retina Trichromatic 7. Also known as the sense of taste Gustation 10. Adjustment in sensory capacity after prolonged exposure to unchanging stimuli Adaptation 11. A threshold that is the smallest intensity of a stimulus to be detected Absolute 12. Rules governing the meaning of words and sentences Semantics 14. A skin sense Pressure 15. A sense that has more than 1,000 separate types of receptors Smell 17. Sentences in which words not critical to the message are left out Telegraphic 19. Tendency to think of an object only in terms of its typical use Functionalfixedness 1. Ability to generate original ideas or solve problems in novel ways Creativity 2. Smallest units of speech Phonemes 3. Average age who achieve a particular level of performance on a test Mentalage 5. Coiled tube in the ear filled with fluid that vibrates in response to sound Cochlea 6. Highly representative examples of a concept Prototypes 7. Mental ability assumed to underlie intelligence Gfactor 8. Meaningless speechlike sounds Babble 9. Highly sensitive to light Rods 13. Activation of the sense organs by a source of physical energy Sensation 16. Representations in the mind that resemble the object being represented Mentalimages 18. Energy that produces a response in a sense organ Stimulus

4 MODULE 4 CROSSWORD ANSWERS Answers in RED 2. Drugs that induce an altered state of consciousness Psychoactive 4. One of our circadian rhythms Sleepwakecycle 6. Cannabis, LSD for example Hallucinogens 7. Depression is a common withdrawal symptom from this depressant Alcohol 10. A form of consciousness involving fantasies Daydreaming 11. Apparent story line of dreams Manifest 12. Cocaine, Amphetamines for example Stimulants 14. Wet the bed for example Enuresis 16. Frightening dreams Nightterrors 17. Content hidden by more obvious subjects Latent 18. Extreme daytime sleepiness Narcolepsy 19. Heroin, Morphine Narcotics 1. One cause of sleep deprivation Worry 3. Difficulty remaining asleep Insomnia 5. Marked by periods of short bursts of activity Sleepspindles 8. A set of attention-focusing procedures Hypnosis 9. Alternative treatment for depression, panic attacks, and anxiety Meditation 13. One of the body s internal clocks (Acronym) SCN 15. Our awareness of external events and internal sensations which occurs under conditions of arousal Consciousness 20. Rapid eye movements (Acronym) REM

5 MODULE 5 CROSSWORD ANSWERS Answers in RED 5. Irreversible decline in cognitive abilities Alzheimers 9. Studies the patterns of growth and change throughout life Developmental 10. Development of language and symbolic and egocentric Preoperational 12. Stage that people accept impending death Acceptance 13. Stage that involves abstract thought Formal 15. Union of an egg and sperm Zygote 16. Theory that suggest there s a gradual withdrawal from the world Disengagement 17. Emotional bond Attachment 20. Understanding of one s own cognitive processes Metacognition 1. Celebration for Latina teens Quinceanera 2. Parents who are rigid and punitive Authoritarian 3. Maturation of the sexual organs Puberty 4. About half of all first marriages experience this Divorce 6. Process by which people examine and evaluate their lives Lifereview 7. Period of infertility Menopause 8. Trying to postpone one s death Bargaining 11. Basic, innate disposition that emerges early in life Temperament 14. Parents who are firm and set clear limits Authoritative 18. Rod-shaped structures Chromosomes 19. Produce birth defects Teratogens

6 MODULE 6 CROSSWORD ANSWERS 1. Stimulus added to increase a response Positivereinforcer 4. New behavior is learned but not demonstrated until some incentive is provided for displaying it Latentlearning 6. Meaningful grouping of stimuli Chunking 7. Memory holds for seconds Shortterm 9. Reinforcing of a behavior every time it occurs Continuous 11. Teaching a complex behavior by rewarding closer approximations of the desired behavior Shaping 12. Permanent change in behavior Learning 14. Loss of information in memory through nonuse Amnesia 15. Factual memory Declarative 17. Memory is lost for events that follow an injury Decay 18. Specific information must be retrieved Recall 2. Provides reinforcement for a response only if a fixed time period has elapsed Fixedinterval 3. A snapshot memory Flashbulb 5. Intense irrational fears Phobias 8. Decreases the probability that a previous behavior will occur again Punishment 10. Learning by observing Observational 13. Before conditioning doesn t naturally bring about the response Neutralstimulus 16. Learning that has a voluntary response Operant 17. Memory loss that occurs without other mental difficulties Anterograde 19. Conscious recollection of information Explicit

7 MODULE 7 CROSSWORD ANSWERS 2. Big Five (acronym) OCEAN 4. Rorschach Inkblots Projective 5. Develop a sense of self-worth Esteem 7. Consistent pattern of thinking, feeling and behaving Personality 8. Energize one s behavior Motivation 10. Approach that states motivation stems from the desire t obtain valued external goals Incentive 17. State of self-fulfillment Selfactualization 18. Master of compromise Ego 19. Rate food is converted to energy Metabolism 20. Feelings of competence Selfefficacy 1. Universal symbolic representations Archetypes 3. Abstaining from food Anorexianervosa 6. Persons sexuality attracted to members of both sexes Bisexuality 9. Body weight more than 20% Obesity 11. Responsible for abnormalities in personality Fixation 12. Relatively enduring characteristics Traits 13. Arousal that energizes behavior to fulfill a need Drive 14. Theorist for reciprocal determinism Bandura 15. Sexual self-stimulation Masturbation 16. Based on the assumption that people identify with heroes (acronym) TAT

8 MODULE 8 CROSSWORD ANSWERS 2. Behavior that occurs in response to direct social pressure Compliance 4. Holding two contradictory attitudes or thoughts Cognitivedissonance 5. Scientific study of how people s thoughts, feeling, and actions are affected by others Socialpsychology 7. Social rank held within a group Status 8. Evaluations of a particular person Attitudes 10. Sets of cognitions Schemas 11. Behavior directed toward individuals for their membership in a particular group Discrimination 13. A change in behavior in response to the commands of others Obedience 14. A set of generalized beliefs about a particular group Stereotype 15. Two or more people who interact with one another Group 18. Medical problems influenced by an interaction of psychological, emotional, and physical difficulties Psychophysiological 19. An effort to tolerate stress Coping 20. Network of caring Socialsupport 1. Type of love that involves the strong affection we have for those with whom our lives are deeply involved Companionate 3. Negative evaluation of a particular group Prejudice 6. The major traits considered in forming impressions of others Centraltraits 9. Conclusion that there is nothing to be done to change their lives that are intolerable Learnedhelplessness 12. Major life events (e.g., weddings) Personalstressors 16. Process of discharging built-up aggressive energy Catharsis 17. Branch of psychology that investigates factors related to wellness Health